Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-04-15
TH.IT CHALLENGE.
Or Musicat Reform.

EDITOR REVIEW: have been anxiously
waiting and watching to see what the followers
of the ''old'' style or round note notation
would say, or what action they would take in
regard to the challenge for public or private
debate on the ''new" style or patent note
musical notation vs. the'told" style or round
note notation, and SO far like in the beginning
Of most reforms) it has been treated with
silent contempt. This old system of notation
like whisky in one respect has already cost
us too much time and money, so let us away
with it and try something new. Now before
so furtherI want 10 say that did not make
the above challenge neither do know the color
OF the persons hair that did make it, but |
have been like the little boy sitting on the
fence following ''seek him towser."
History proves 10 us that all reforms frog
ress slowly in their first decades. 1t took
many centuries TO convince the world that
the people might think for themselves and to
establish democratic form of government
The first application of steam in propelling
boat was met by mob. The first man who
dared TO venture the assertion that messages
might be sent by electricity was pronounced
fool or insane.
The first man who dared to speak OF -aboli
ton of slavery was mobbed; yet all these
things have been accomplished. Also it was,
and by a few is still said that prohibition
could not and would not prohibit. Yet time
has proven that prohibition can, will and
does prohibit. Teach the people to think
for themselves. Here is the great key that
has, and is unlocking the doors of all great
reforms. This is an age Of progression. The
hand writing is everywhere and in every
branch Of science, and TO argue in favor Of
round notes is TO argue against the advance
ment Of science. Some of the round note
persuasion have said Of patent notes .old'
style to such would say subtract 81 from 72o
and you have the difference between round
and patent notes. In spite of all the filings
OF 'old" style, died out and would be funny
things such as 'buckwhcat shapes" ''thrce
the watchword of the character note army, is
ever onward. Now TO bring this matter be-
fore the people in way that all may under
stand the difference between the old and
new notation: will say that every teacher of
the round note system must admit that in the
new or patent note system the same syllables
in colin IL
tlnctive rhythmic characters; the same bars,
rests, pauses, dots. dashcs, slurs, lines, spaces,
sharps, fats, cancels, and the same musical
terms are used that he uses. The only differ
ence is, that in the new or patent note system
we have shape to represent each scale tone,
and he has not. To be palmer, the syllablcs
applied 10 the scale tones in both these nota-
tions are Do, Re, Me, Fa, La, ST, and Do
repeated forms the Sth or Ist OF the new series.
Now we ask land before verdict is rendered
or we are ''mobbed'' we want all candid
minds to think Of the reasonableness and the
unreasonablenesS of the propostion,) which is
better to follcw, an old system Of notation
which has round dot represent seven tones,
or (mark the differcnce) new system of nota-
ton which has seven different shapes to repre-
sent seven different sounds or tones. Now
| BY saying that | hope the time will soon come
vixen this old time and money wasting system
OF round notes will be done away with ant
thai new and easier method will take it
place, and that all instead OF the few, ma,
learn TO sing, and that the melody Of sweet
song may dawn upon every heart and home
| quit. VOLUNTEER.
Roseburg, Or. April nth, 1857.